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moii.' hardy, and the leaves 'are larger and handsomer ; the fruit is also of a more red- 

 dish colour and rougher rind. The taste is likewise very different, and not so agree- 

 able as the other ; but esteemed as far preferable for medical purposes, as a grateful 

 acid liquor, allayi'ngiieat, quenching thirst, and promoting various excretions, and of 

 considerable use in inflammatory disorders. It is also considered as a powerful anti- 

 septic, and of great efficacy in the scurvy. The acid of oranges, by uniting with tin: 

 bile, is said to take off its bitterness ; and hence l)r Culien thinks it "probable that 

 acid fruits taken in, are often useful in obviating the disorders that mightarise from the 

 redundancy of bile, and perhaps from the. acrid quality of it. On the other hand, how- 

 ever, ii the acids are in greater quantity sham can be properly corrected bv the bile 

 present, they seem, by some in ion with that fluid, to acquire a purgative quality- that 

 gives a dii ; rho a and the colic pains that, are ready to accompany the operation of every 

 purgat;\ .."' Not only the juice, but the rind of the Seville orange is of considerable 

 medical efficacy, since, besides its use as a stomachic by itself, or infused with other 

 bitter ingredients, it has been much-celebrated, in intermitting, fevers; and, in testi- 

 mony of its efficacy in the most obstinate agues, we find several authorities cited by 

 professor Murray. It has also been experienced as a powerful remedy iir monorrhagia, 

 and in immoderate uterine evacuations; and, for its good effects in: these disorders, we 

 have not only. the. assertions of foreign physicians, but also those of Drs. Why tt-aud 

 1 iiton. It gives out its flavour and taste readily to water, and is useful in all flatu- 

 lencies in whatever form it be given; it also sits better on the stomach than most other 

 corroborants. Toe leaves of the orange are not without their virtues, as well as the 

 flowers, and, in particular, have been celebrated in convulsive disorders; and have 

 been succes-fuilv given in the dose of a dra< hm at a time in nervous hysterical cases. 

 The young fruit of the .Seville orange dried, is.also used in medicine, under the name 

 of aunmtia cura-'avevtiu ; they are moderately warm bitter aromatic s, of a sufficiently 

 agreeable flavour. The flowers of the orange and. citron-kind have been in great es- 

 teem as a perfume; they are highly odoriferous, of a somewhat warm and bitter taste. 

 They yield their flavour, by infusion, to rectified spirit, and, in distillation, both to 

 spirit and water. The bitter matter is dissolved in water, and, on evaporating, the de- 

 cociion remains entire in the extract. The distilled water was formerly kept in the 

 shops, but, on account of the great scarcity of the flowers, is now laid aside ; it is called 

 a/ua iiaphte. An oil distilled from these flowers is brought from Italy, under the name 

 ol oleum w essentia neroli. Both the distilled water and oil might be manufactured in 

 greai abundance in this island, and afford a valuable article of export; as they no doubt 

 would be obtained from the flowers of every species of the citrus. The seeds of all the 

 species have a pleasant bitterish taste, and would make very good emulsions, which 

 might be successfully used, when the stomach is weak and languid, and cannot bear 

 stronger bitters. The juice ol the Seville or sweet orange, with common salt, Labat 

 n.entions to be usee as a purge in the French islands; and the guts roasted are amatu- 

 ruting cataplasm. The la.te I)r. M' Vicar Affleck recommended the outer rind of the 

 Seville orange, infused in a pint of water, and used for common drink, in an over- 

 flow ing of the menses, or their appearance in the time of pregnancy. 

 See Citron, Lime, and Shaddock, Trees. 



Otaiieite Ai ple See Rose Apple. 



OX-EYE, 



